On Friday we had our initial assesment appointment and we were lucky to meet a lovely social worker who we spend over 2 hours talking to. We covered so many topics including our lives, backgrounds, families, friends, hobbies, finances, the cats and our home - she even took a full tour and looked over every room. It did feel very strange to talk in that much detail about so many personal things but it was also nice to reflect on just how lucky we are.
Alright we can't have biologcal children of our own but when we looked we have wonderful families and friends who are always there for us plus we have a lovely home, stable jobs and, most importantly, we have each other. There are so many people in this world that don't have these things that I feel it is worth taking a moment to remember what I do have and to be thankful for it.
Back to tha appointment - the only thing that the social worker could see as a concern was my weight. OK, my BMI is higer than it 'should' be according to those who profess that BMI is the be all and end of of weight and being over weight but never minding that I do have some to shift and so that is my new plan whilst we are waiting for the report and then, hopefully, to move forwards.
So, the next steps are to wait for the report to come back from the social worker along with a letter detailing what next. Our hope is that this letter will also be an invitation to the 'Preparing to Adopt' course which we need to do and hopefully it will be the next one which they think will be in about 6 months time.
Fingers crossed.
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